Canada Canada's largest newspaper publishers face competition probe

05:41 13 march 2018

05:41 13 march 2018 Source:
AFP

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Canada's competition watchdog announced Monday an investigation of the country's largest newspaper publishers Torstar and Postmedia after the pair swapped and shuttered dozens of dailies last year.

"The Competition Bureau is investigating alleged anti-competitive conduct contrary to the conspiracy provisions of the Competition Act," Commissioner John Pecman said in a statement, adding he was also examining possible merger violations.

No charges have been laid, and allegations of a "conspiracy" have not been tested in court.

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Earlier, search warrants were executed at Postmedia and Torstar's offices related to their November 27, 2017 swapping of 41 newspapers -- 34 of which were immediately shuttered.

Postmedia and Torstar both said they were cooperating with the investigation. Postmedia also rejected accusations of wrongdoing.

"Postmedia is strongly of the view that there has been no contravention of the Competition Act with respect to this matter," it said.

The November deal saw Postmedia, which owns dailies in most major Canadian cities including the National Post, acquire 22 weekly papers as well as two free dailies, and immediately put all but one of them on the chopping block.

Metroland, citing falling advertising revenues, also shuttered three daily and eight community publications.

The deal was called "a deathblow to local news coverage" by the union representing media workers, while Ottawa earmarked Can$50 million for struggling local news in last month's federal budget.

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